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  Lyse Doucet lives a happy life in Chicago. But re?cently there is some difficulty for her and her family. She and her husband have each other's parents and a young daughter and for that they are 24        But she and her husband are both currently25       . And their car is in great need of26       . And then there is the matter of their second child,who is 27        soon. So things are a little tense for the Doucet family these days.

  When Lyse and her daughter were walking through a store 28        lot recently,Lyse picked up an envelop from the ground that29       $4,000 in cash. There were a 30       of different explanations that could be considered. Was this a kind of good31       ？

  Could it be an attempt by the universe to balance everything? Could it be simply a gift from God? Lyse didn't know. The only thing she knew was that the cash in that envelope 32        to some?one else. Oh,and one other thing she knew: her young daughter was33       . "My kid was standing right there 34        I found it," Lyse told WLS in Chicago. "So basi?cally I wanted to teach my daughter how to be35       . And for me that was enough."

  Never mind the bills that were36      ,or the car that needed to be fixed,or the baby that would come soon. When she 37        the money over to the police she was told that there was actually nothing illegal if she 38        it.

The police were able to return the money to the per?son who 39        it：an old woman. And one can imagine the joy and 40        she felt when the police handed the lost envelop back to her." She came to my house and she was almost in tears,41       me," Lyse said. "She gave me a hug and an envelope with a small 42        in it. But what was in it wasn't 43        What mattered was the opportunity to teach my daughter honesty."

24. A. restricted   B. upset  C. grateful   D. sensitive

25. A. appreciated   B. unemployed   C. disappointed   D. removed

26. A. cash   B. protection   C. sale   D. repair

27. A. sick   B. due   C. desperate   D. dull

28. A. gathering   B. begging   C. cleaning   D. parking

29. A. contained   B. involved   C. charged   D. paid

30. A. handful   B. deal   C. number   D. flood

31. A. expense   B. luck   C. hope   D. prize

32. A. belonged   B. reacted  C. pointed   D. responded

33. A. urging   B. affecting   C. laughing   D. watching

34. A. before   B. when   C. because   D. though

35. A. ripe   B. loyal   C. honest   D. humorous

36. A. passing by   B. giving away   C. showing off   D. piling up

37. A. turned   B. watched   C. got   D. collected

38. A. checked   B. made  C. kept   D. promoted

39. A. sent   B. lost C. disliked   D. generated

40. A. relief   B. anxiety   C. tension   D. respect

41. A. comforting   B. congratulating   C. thanking   D. offending

42. A. option   B. present   C. envelope   D. amount

43. A. important   B. serious  C. sufficient   D. efficient

Answer 1

[文章大意]Lyse Doucet和丈夫雙雙失業(yè)，他們的第二個孩子即將出生，因此他們面臨著巨大的經(jīng)濟(jì)壓力。有一天，Lyse撿到了一個裝有4000美元的信封，她沒有據(jù)為己有，而是交給了警察。她通過自己的實際行動教給了女兒什么是誠實。

24. C根據(jù)語境可知，夫妻雙方都有自己的雙親，他們還有一個女兒，對此他們非常感恩。

grateful感激的。

25. B unemployed失業(yè)的。下文表明他們遇到了經(jīng)濟(jì)困難，說明他們都失業(yè)了。

26. D他們的車急需修理。第三段中有提示。

27. B due"預(yù)期的"，指的是他們的第二個孩子就要出生了。

28. D parkmg lot停車場。她們經(jīng)過一家商店的停車場時， Lyse從地上撿到一個裝有4000美元現(xiàn)金的信封。

29. A contain包含，容納。這里指的是信封里面裝有錢。

30. C a number of很多，大量的。對于此次事件可以有很多不同的解釋。

31. B good luck好運。這可以解釋為一種好運。

32. A belong to屬于。這些錢是屬于某個人的。

33. D當(dāng)時發(fā)生的一切女兒都在看著，自己如何處理將會直接影響到孩子。watch強(qiáng)調(diào)看的過程。

34. B when引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。當(dāng)Lyse發(fā)現(xiàn)這個信封的時候，孩子就在旁邊。

35. C honest誠實的。Lyse想教育自己的孩子要誠實。故答案為C.

36. D pile up堆起。這里指積壓的賬單。

37. A turn sth over to把某物交給.... 。

38. C keep保留。警察告訴她即使她不上交那些錢，自己留著，這也并不違法。

39. B警察把錢歸還給丟錢的人。

40. A錢失而復(fù)得，失主感到放松。

relief放松。

41. C失主到她家去感謝她。thank感謝。

42. D失主擁抱Lyse ,并且給了她一個裝有一點兒錢的信封。

43. A信封里面是什么不重要，重要的是Lyse教給了女兒要誠實。